Honey Quality: Physical characters of South-East Cordoban Honeys - Argentina

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Tasting honey is an art. Beyond the color that is not easy to compare for the different amber, reddish or greenish honeys; To taste and descript flavors and honey textures require a lot of experience. The article of Mr. Faye (Agr. Engineer) introduces us on this work

Published on January of 2003

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EDITOR WORDS
A lot of Honey for 2003

Inside the general situation of the country, the 2002 balance for the South American beekeepers is undoubtedly more than satisfactory, many enjoyed so much after three or four bad years.
This euphoria captured the interest of many others that, looking for an alternative to its fragile economies, they saw certain possibilities into beekeeping.
From these pages we say Welcome! to all the people that begin like beekeepers. Beekeeping is a millennial work but every day we learn new things.
In this edition of "Espacio Apícola" ("Beekeeping Space") will find an interesting article on "Phisical Characters of the honey" that introduces us in the professional work to taste honey, this will show the target of next years and about the cares that the new and old beekeepers will have workin with honey.
On the other hand, the articles of the Dr. Mayda Verde give us her contribution in front of the constant Varroa besieging, giving us some useful tools during this honey crop season.
With the article on beehives standards, we are giving to the beginner, like to the great number of small carpentries that begin in the item also, a useful tool to take place and to evaluate suppliers quality.
The central article of the magazine, talking with Río Cuarto's area beekeepers, it puts in evidence the problems and the necessity of approaching them so that old and new beekeepers have SPACE to work and to live off our work in this lucky country, without mistrust.
In such a sense we make votes so that the productive sectors of the country can start, for the population's general well-being.
A new year with abundant honey for all! Desires of who we open this Beekeeping Space...
The Director
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Complementary Works Against Varroa - The Honeycomb Trap use - Dra. Mayda Verde J. - Beekeeping Department - Ministry of Agriculture - CUBA
Dra Mayda Verde Jimenez - CUBA
This Mayda Verde Jimenez Main Dr.' article, in charge of the National Dep. of Beekeeping of Cuba, show the actions proposed by that National Dep. and proposes aspects directly linked to the beehives handling. Those proposals constitute an important contribution about the thematic of reference, looking for alternative that help us to control this mite without any contamination risk of our beekeeping products.
The same as other proposals outlined through our pages, such as the use of FGMO in cords and atomized, the use of the formic acid, essential oils and other, require of:
1. - More time controling the Varroa development by the beekeeper. That is to say to make frequent Varroa counts.
2. - At first, make enough tests to know how to use the new method better, before discard it or implicate all our colonies.
As you could see in the article, the use of the honeycomb trap, implies to be methodical. To put the honeycomb in the best moment, with favorable climatic and floral conditions and to take out it in the exact moment also.
Being the Summer the best season to test this method, we publish these works now. Dr. Mayda Verde gave it to us kindly during the Congress of Beekeeping Upgrade in Zacatecas, Mexico, last May of 2002.-

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Capable Chemist during the Crop - The "Api life VAR®" use - (Timol)
On a vermiculite support, "Chemical LAIF srl" Italian laboratory, showed a new formulation of the API LIFE VAR® containing 74,08% of Thymol crystals, 16% essential oil of eucalyptus, 3,7% of menthol crystals and other 3,7% of camphor crystals, during the ApiExpo in Antwerp last 1997.
Recently the Cuban Department of Beekeeping who controls the sanitary programs applied in the island, recommended the use of this product like chemical treatment against varroa, complementary to the honeycomb trap handling.
Notice you that all the treatments that we are showing from these pages, as alternative to the conventional insecticides, are notably more laborious in its effective application.

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Professional beekeeping in Argentina - Tortuous Beginning of the Season
Elio Cantarutti mate en mano y una amplia sonrisa
While some European buyers speculate with which Argentina will reach to export 120.000 tons of honey this year, the beginning of the season shows serious arguments against that presumption and of the desires and necessities of the Argentine beekeepers.
The experience of colleagues that moved apiaries to "Tucumán" and north of "Córdoba" pointed out that the season in that areas had been disparate and in general bad.
Another point happened to the north of the "Santa Fe" province, while in the south of "Corrientes" and north of "Entre Ríos" the hight moisture also complicated the first crops.
Also the prices, between October and November, fall 20% in American dollars. The inflation and the changes of the fiscal regulations, modifications in the IVA law (capital gains tax), imposing a retention of more than 60% of the tribute, the retentions of the Earnings Tax starting from sales over $12.000 (arround U$D 3.500) by month and the State refusal to fix an inflation index to determine the same tax, they are delaying the commercial operations and it is only sold to liquidate debts.
At the begining of the season in the "Pampas" area, we meet in "Achiras" Village with some beekeepers friends of the region: Victor Hugo Bertola, Elio Cantarutti and Fernando Loser. We approach the following topics:
SEASON DELAY
DISEASES: OUTBREAKS OF AMERICAN FOUL BROOD
STACKING OF BEEHIVES
BOOKKEEPER ASPECTS
TAXES
THEY PAY THOSE THAT CANNOT LEAVE (The Country)
ADVANCES PAYMENTS OF EARNINGS TAX.

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Characteristic and Measures of the Argentine behives - Standard - Editorial work (Second part)
croquis de una colmena estandar
Continuing our previous work about the beehive and 1/2 bodies respective frames, now we refer to the bottom, the top and the middle top.
With the same previous edition approach, we work with the planes made by Francisco Diez, Pascual Bevilacqua and Ovidio Marzorati, published appropriately by the SADA.
Topics:
THE BOTTOM
THE TOP
MIDDLE TOP
IRAM NORMS
Besides this editorial effort to illustrate our readers and to subject to public discussion several aspects related with the measures and beehives characteristics, it is necesary to say that exist the 114001 IRAM Norm (IRAM: Argentinean Institute of Normalization).
The interested ones can acquire the norm in the mentioned institute and to certify the same one for commerce. The same one differs in some details.

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Physical characters of South-East Cordoban Honeys - Argentina - Pablo F. Faye (Agr. Engineer Ms. Cs.)
This young investigator of the Córdoba University introduces us, with this original work, in the scientific reasons of the sensorial honey test.
This profession has the difficult task of describing the correct methods to capture and to express the sensations that produce different types of honey.
It is an old art that we hope to deepen it with the Agr. E. (Ms.Sc.) Pablo F. Faye in the next "Fair and Beekeeping Meeting of the Center of the Republic" in Río Cuarto 2003.
Summary
Some physical characters were studied on 42 samples of honey from the South-East of Córdoba province, Argentina. The results show that the color varies between 14.55 to 84.82 mm Pfund, being most of the honeys below 50 mm Pfund. Also, the aroma and preponderant flavor was mild.

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